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Any large sudden release of thermal energy into the atmosphere. This heat causes a rapid convective updraft (that usually entrains dirt or water) capped by the rising fireball, with a rising convective updraft in its center and a falling convective downdraft on its outside surface.

This release of energy can be from conventional explosives, nuclear explosives, meteor impact, etc.

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